Pontiac, Michigan : Ask Biography

Administration

Full name

City of Pontiac

Official name

City of Pontiac

Settlement type

Country

State

County

Settled

1818

Incorporated

1861

Government

Type

Council-Strong Mayor

Mayor

Leon Jukowski

Geography

Total Area

20.2 sq mi (52.3 km2)

Land Area

20.0 sq mi (51.8 km2)

Water Area

0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)

Elevation

922 ft (281 m)

Demography

Total Population

59515 (2010)

Density (pop.)

1150.3/km² (2980.0/sq mi)

Other information

Time zone

Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

- Summer (DST)

EDT (UTC-4)

ZIP codes

48340-48343

Area code

248

FIPS code

26-65440

GNIS feature ID

0635224

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Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County.

The city is best known for its General Motors manufacturing plants (GM's primary truck plant was formerly in Pontiac) and the GM automobile brand Pontiac, which was first produced in and named after the city. Also of note is the Pontiac Silverdome, the stadium that hosted the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1975 until 2002, when the team moved back to Downtown Detroit.

On February 20, 2009 the state of Michigan placed the city into receivership, and the Department of Treasury appointed Fred Leeb the city's emergency financial manager in March 2009.